Blog · Notes from the lake
Writings on Yoga, Life, and the Sacred Mayan Calendar
By Mixa Margaret Fajkus
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Ways to hurt and to forgive
Today is 3 Ajmaq, the day of self-forgiveness, self-acceptance and inner peace. A look at how I hurt, how I hide, and what I’m setting down.
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I am not trying to destroy Life School.
Let’s get the story straight. I was a good teacher. I loved my job. Then, everything changed. I was fired.…
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May You Practice Metta
“Whatever living beings there may be; Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none, The great or the mighty, medium,…
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Learning to Love, Loving to Learn
May is for Metta. Metta is loving kindness. This technique taught by the Buddha is a simple yet transformational practice…
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On Blocking Negative Energy
The other day on the boat from San Pedro to Pana, I ran into this guy, a Mexican, a longtime…
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Too Cool for School
My career as a school teacher lasted a decade, as it turned out. I started as a sub in California,…
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40 Creative Ways to Express Yourself
Everything is an expression, an expression of creation and destruction. Expression exists in everything– wind, fire, waves and flowers. Expression is everywhere – in…
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Expression through Music with Vespers
What inspired you to learn music? How did you learn? Can you describe your learning experience? I would say the…
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Mindfulness for Beginners: Anchoring to the Present Moment
Mindfulness is more than awareness of the present and “letting go of the past and future”—it’s a daily practice that…
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Still Crazy After All These Years
How to Survive a Nervous Breakdown How many nervous breakdowns end in suicide? How many of us humans have been…
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